Sinbad

This limited edition is one of a set of six published to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Born Free Foundation.

Pollyanna was a long term patron of the charity. RShe travelled to South Africa where she visited Born Free’s Big cat sanctuary at Shamwari to sketch lions and leopards rescued from zoos, circuses and other captive facilities, now at home under the African sun. Pollyanna was delighted to meet the wonderful people working with the big cats at the centre, and to see the enclosures donations from her charitable Foundation helped to build! The paintings of these cats were included in her 2008 Summer exhibition which formed part of the official celebrations of the Foundation’s silver jubilee.

For many years, the lion in this painting, Sinbad was kept in a tiny cage in a zoo in Bacau Zoo in eastern Romania. He was born in 2001 but is just 80cm long and 125kg in weight – half the size of a normal lion. At the zoo he was kept on a bare concrete floor, gazing through the rusty wire. Born Free rescued Sinbad in July 2007. When he arrived at Shamwari he was very nervous. He stepped out from the crate he had travelled in, treading on grass for perhaps the first time ever. Sinbad looked around in surprise, then began to explore his new home. He would never survive on his home in the wild, but will make sure he always gets the care he needs at Shamwari. Sinbad lives in an enclosure, bigger than a football pitch, full of plants and bushes to explore. He loves sunbathing or lying in the shade of the bushes gazing happily around him. Sinbad has a very sad history, but today he enjoys life in Africa.

This Edition is strictly limited to just 250 copies worldwide

Each is individually numbered and signed

Overall size of print (including border) : 38cm x 40cm

Size of image : 30cm x 30cm

Measurements are approximate